Hero Project

Following Our Hero's Trail
Essential Learnings:

• Students will read, write, and speak with an expository intent.
• Students will utilize technology to access information about heroes.
• Students will use critical thinking skills to choose and analyze information about their hero.
• Students will compare and contrast fictional heroes with actual young heroes of today.

Guiding Questions:

• What defines a hero?
• What character qualities does it take to be a hero?
• What is the difference between a hero and a celebrity?
• Who represents a hero to you? What hero qualities do they possess?
• What life experiences (actions, accomplishments, adversities) demonstrate that your person is truly a hero?

Essential Learning Student Progress Chart

Essential Learning Student Progress Chart-Expository.doc

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Hero Week 1: What is a Hero?

Hero Week 2: Setting off on Your Hero Webquest

Hero Week 3: Let the Heroes Begin!
Hero Week 4: Transforming Your Research into Writing

Hero Week 5: Presenting Your Hero's Journey






Resources:

Lauri Hamill. Powell Middle School. http://hamillwiki.wikispaces.com/HERO+PROJECT Used by permission.

Thomas A. Barron: Young Heroes. http://www.tabarron.com. 12/30/09.

Thomas A. Barron. The Hero's Trail. Penguin Books, New York:
2002.


Thomas A. Barron.The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.2006. http://www.barronprize.org. 12/30/09.

Beers, Kylene. A Reader's Guide to The Hero's Trail by T. A. Barron.